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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
In fact, absentee ballot casters are more likely to vote GOP (one of the reasons you don't see any GOP officials bringing up election fraud via absentee ballot which is much easier to commit than in-person fraud), so statistically speaking, he was more likely to have cast a vote for Romney.
I think it's sweet he was determined to do his civic duty, even towards the end of his life. Even if he voted for Romney.  |
this used to be true but is no longer the case.
romney won iowa with voters who went to the polls on election day. but obama carried the state by 6% because of the large lead built up via absentee voters.
http://www.press-citizen.com/article...d-results-show
that's the most dramatic illustration. but the old saw that early voters are republican voters just isn't demonstrated in the numbers anymore.
republicans pioneered efforts at getting their committed voters to cast early ballots. but both parties now work hard to get those committed votes in early. winning elections is a bi-partisan goal. if something works for one party, the other won't be long in adapting.
absentee voting used to be a small % of the overall vote. i don't know what the final figures are nationwide but pre-election i had heard estimates that 30-35% of votes would be cast early. i know colorado had more like 70%.
we're getting close to the point where we'll be discussing the impact the minority of people that wait until election day to vote will have on elections where the majority already voted in the weeks before.